One of the most delightful films on view at the Toronto International Film Festival is “The Illusionist,” Sylvain Chomet’s animated followup to the wonderful “The Triplets of Belleville.”

Mostly set in Scotland, where the French-born Chomet works, this is a melancholy comedy set approximately in the late ’50s to early 1960s and based on an unproduced script by the great Tati.

Tati is the model for the main character, a conjuror who befriends a teenage girl who travels with him to Edinburgh. As he plays on the dying vaudeville circuit, she gradually discovers her own life.

This meditation on change, which resembles classic Disney toons of the period and is full of great sight gags, contains virtually no descripherable dialogue, and doesn’t need any. It’s slow by contemporary standards, but utterly charming and sophisicated.

Expect a nomination for Best Animated Feature. Sony Pictures Classics will release in December.